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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Hizbollah Victory Party Filled with Ambiguous Messages
2007-08-15
Nasrallah said he is interested in achieving a balance of power with Israel, and therefore decided to declare that Hezbollah has the capability to strike anywhere in Israel.
[note: he did not say 'destroy Israel'- like he has in the past - perhaps he is ticked at Iran for not sending all the loot they promised].
Nasrallah did not personally attend the rally still afraid of assasination. His speech was relayed to the crowd on giant screens set up in a stadium and on top of buildings in the southern suburbs.

Nasrallah said the United States and Israel tried to split the Lebanese along sectarian lines and to describe the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah as a terrorist group in order to weaken it during the 34-day war. "They told [the Lebanese] that Hezbollah is an Iranian and Syrian tool," Nasrallah said.
And they were right!
[I guess he is ticked at Syria too]
"The most serious accusation was the sectarian issue. They told the Christians that the fighting was with a Muslim group and that it has nothing to do with you. They told Sunni Muslims that the fighting was with a Shiite group and was targeting the Shiite project [in the region]," Nasrallah said.

Tens of thousands of people big deal= last year he had 500k people attend rallies attended the rally, carrying pictures of Nasrallah and placards that read "August 14 - the day of victory over the Zionist regime."
Posted by:mhw

#2  "They told [the Lebanese] that Hezbollah is an Iranian and Syrian tool," Nasrallah said

Sorry to have offended you. How about if we just say that you're a tool, and leave it at that?
Posted by: charger   2007-08-15 15:03  

#1  One would think the Star of David Piñatas would have removed some of the ambiguouity.....
Posted by: OyVey1   2007-08-15 13:09  

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